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Dragon Age III for next-gen in 2014?

EA employee LinkedIn page suggests upcoming role-playing game in development for unannounced future consoles.

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When Electronic Arts officially announced Dragon Age III: Inquisition in September, the company did so without specifying platforms. Now, it has been suggested that the upcoming role-playing game, officially due late 2013, could land on still-unannounced next-generation systems from Microsoft and Sony.

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The LinkedIn resume of an EA Shanghai employee (spotted by Superannuation) states the scope of Dragon Age III: Inquisition has changed, and it is now planned for next-generation consoles. Additionally, this employee says the game has been "postponed" to 2014.

An EA representative declined to comment.

Dragon Age III: Inquisition is the third entry in BioWare's role-playing game series. It follows 2009's Dragon Age: Origins and 2011's Dragon Age II. In all, the series has sold more than 8 million units.

Last month, BioWare released concept art for Dragon Age III: Inquisition, followed by the first, albeit blurry, screenshot earlier this month.

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So how is tranfering your saves going to work if it is a next gen title? It shouldn't be a problem for us PC gamers but sadly I don't see bioware adding adding a save transfer feature only to the PC version.

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@toddx77 USB Transfer most likely, and with everything Online these days the Next Xbox and PS4 will hopefully allow us to carry over our exsisting Xbox and PSN Accounts.

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@toddx77

I've actually brought this subgect up on the official bioware forums for ME3=4.

Hopefully theyll do something about it.

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Now I can button-mash in enhanced visuals. :)

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@RhysTheRed Astonishing, right?

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why bioware reputation is damaged? because of me 3 ending? ooh yes you could not find anything else to rage in mass effect games, you are funny.

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@wexorian SWTOR handing out easy farmable PVP gear to everyone making everybody the same fucking toon at lvl 50 just like what killed WoW on its first expansion pack when pvp gear with resilience came out but they did this on release for SWTOR lmao. The fact they lost all their essence since Baldur's Gate is enough for me to toss them aside. **** Mass Effect ,**** dragon age and thats all they can put out lately

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@wexorian With each bioware installation from the last few years (ME2/3, DA 2) we have gotten increasingly simpler game play, shallower character development, boring level design, increasingly polar 'moral choices', the list goes on. Bioware is a shadow of its former self. The fact that they are now making this for next gen transforms it from a possibly redeeming title to an almost guaranteed mess of shallowness.

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@wexorian The rushed piece of junk DA2 is another reason, crap dlc's, such as the brilliant witch hunt dlc that was a replica of the shale dlc, except that you had to go through it backwards, clever!. Putting in IGN characters into a game and many other cheap gimmicks. The writers are gone the top brass is gone, there really is no Bioware left. Oh yes and deus ex machina cheap ass ending of ME 3.

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@orbit991 @wexorian Don't forget taking out From Ashes, Leviathan, and Take back Omega from Mass Effect 3 onlt to be sold as DLC later.

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I have a feeling they are going to do this one right. There has been so much negative backlash from DAII that if they screw this up they are going to have a major setback. It will be piled on to the ME3 debacle. So that would be two, one more and Bioware would officially be in the shitcan. They are very, very close already, though.

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I've lost faith in Bioware and EA. Whereas once upon a time I would buy this without having even seen a screenshot or a review, now I'm to the point I won't even be looking at this unless someone comes out and tells me it's returned to its roots that it had in DA:origins. Dragon Age 2 was a cheap and shameless title that played the fans of the original game for fools. I won't be fooled again. The annoying thing is that, like a lot of the fans of DA, I bought DA2... so to bioware/EA they see me as a statistic of being a purchase... do they care that I was bitterly disappointed with the title? no, they got my money, that's all they care about. So I'll do the only thing in my power, not buy the game until they show me that it has truly returned to what made Origins the fantastic game it was.

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One more F-up and it's good night.

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@tightwad34 Agreed, but they now have me in the position that they have to EARN my money by showing me that I won't regret it. I truly hope they do bounce back to form, but i'm not going to risk it and be disappointed, I'll wait till the reviews are in and the general opinion on the forums has been cast.

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I'm willing to bet it's coming out for all consoles including PS3 and X360

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@Blue-Sky Yea it would be too early to devote it entirely to next-gen.

Nice DP by the way; Sagan is my hero! :)

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EA and Bioware's reputation is so damaged now I could care less what there plans are for the future. Why put myself through the heartache and disappointment again?

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Stop living in Dream gamespot and Console fans, your next gen won't arrive till 2015 i bet. as For Dragon age 3 That's too fast if you ask me they started working in may and they are rushing seems like they did with 2nd game..

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i stopped getting excited by Bioware news after DA2. interestingly though i got excited again after ME3. not because i want to play their games. no no. but because i want to witness their next failure. playing the fiddle while Rome burns is kinda fun!

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EA hadn't exited me and my dashed my hopes, with Dragon Age 2. If this becomes a next gen title, it would be even more likely to be a rushed production, as EA seeks to capitalise by having this as a launch title. I have low expectations, but hope to be proved wrong.

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I am not too big on RPG's but thier reviews and trailers caught my attention so am getting the DA, Skyrim and Darksouls they cheap now right

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if ms waits til 2014-2015 for their console im loling all the way haha

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@mariokart64fan especially if they have the usual 1 year exclusive deal going... Then it doesn't matter if it runs on anything else either, lol.

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Drumming up the hype and then coming up short. That's the BioWare way these days. Don't expect your entire fanbase to make the switch to next gen.

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So far this game sounds good, it gets better every time I hear about it! I'm not comparing to DA2 cause, well... I haven't even seen any gameplay yet, lol.

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2014 is too long. I already lost some fate in my other two favorite series in resident evil and diablo. The only game I plan on playing soon was dragon age3 when it came out. It better be as good as origin then.

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@xophaser 2014 too long to wait, are you @#$%ing kidding me? If you want DA3 to be as half as good as DAO give time. Give @#$%ing time so it would not be a piece of rehashed trainwreck that was DA2. Hell I say 2015 is still too early.

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@Grimkillah @xophaser

I definitely don't mind the wait, but I am extremely displeased about this next-gen business. I'm really worried that now if it does come out for the current gen it might not have the attention and effort it needs.

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@camverge @xophaser wow didn't think about that, yea, I hate that BW or EA to rush this. I really want this game to be good. But if it comes out this gen right before next gen console, it might be either rushed, or lack future support.

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Dragon Age 2 wasn't that bad. The re-used dungeons just made it seem worse. I just think their biggest mistake was not making a direct sequel to Origins. Sure they released DLC for Origins, but apart from the HUGE Awakening DLC, it wasn't that great. I would rather have seen the Warden's story continue. I really enjoyed the story and grew attached to the memorable characters. Would've been nice to have journeyed with a few of them over the course of the 3 games to see their relationships grow like in the Mass Effect Trilogy. Was kind of sad to see them reduced to pointless cameos in DA2. Not to mention Hawke, who I just didn't care for.

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And it will be shit b/c it is an EA IP now...

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@GymFox It's been EA Since ME1....

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Why the hate for DA2? I know that it's not great, but it's not HORRIBLE F***S***TURD as some people might claim it.

Sure, it's worse than DA:O, but the enjoyment was still there.

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@501stormtrooper the only thing that redeemed it, slightly, was the better combat it had over DA:O. But then i can start picking out flaws in DA2 again, by saying the combat is now incredibly shallow, since it replaces strategic movement/placement etc, with tap x to win.

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@501stormtrooper agree, zones were lame combat not so cool like 1st but game was good with cool story.

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"People want to be able to press a button and have something awesome happen. There's a 'button awesome connection.'"

- David Silverman (DAII)

Yup, I press my power button and DAII goes away.

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is anyone else confused on the gender of the person in the video?

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@ccgod A Japanese company is in charge of art direction now, perhaps?

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@ccgod Entirely... O.o

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@HeyZeuss @ccgod shes technically a guy but identifies as a woman

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Shocking. Anyway, I thought Dragon Age was outstanding and exceptionally immersive. I didn't bother to buy the second one so I can spare my high opinion of the series. This better be good. Also, imagine how spells will look on Frostbite.

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@okassar go buy the 2nd one you dumbass

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@jonasas2 @okassar The 2nd was a waste of time and money. Well played Okassar.

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@jchristenberry @okassar indeed.

The only important thing that came out of DA2(in the games overall story), was that mages and Templars are now fighting.

There, i've saved you £30 and a lot of agony.

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@jchristenberry @jonasas2 @okassar I concure

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Makes sense to make it next gen. It seems BioWare wants to make DA3 right this time, listening to the fans, etc.

We can only hope they make it good.

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origins was sick. da2 wasn't anywhere near as good... but i gotta stay loyal... tryin to stay hopeful!

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It'll be hard for them to make a third one to get our minds away from the turd that was DA2. The wound is still fresh.

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Take your time and make it good.

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I would've been so excited for this 2 years ago. But with DA2's actionization and ea's drama with origin and other stuff, I find myself doubting I'll get it on sale. Kinda a pity. The first dragon age was a great rpg, plenty of depth, compelling world and story. Had me looking forward to this new series. Now all I feel is blah.

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My standards have gotten pretty low since DA2.. I still enjoyed that game very much.. I guess there's nothing so terrible they could do now to me with DA 3.. unless they pull off an "Uncarded: Flight from Fortune".. w/c isn't realistic.

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@j2zon2591

itll look amazing on next gen!! sure da 2 wasnt as fleshed out as da1 but it didnt take as long to develop. bioware do look into feedback and im certain they well deff improve on the next game

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